U.K. and EU Escalate Their Dispute Over Vaccine Shipments
- Britain faces significant cut to supplies from end of March
- EU says ‘all options’ are on the table to secure its own doses
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A dispute between the U.K. and European Union over coronavirus vaccines deepened as the government in London said it would have to slow down its inoculation program because of a cut in supplies.
The country’s National Health Service blamed the looming short-term reduction of doses on a drop in “inbound vaccines,” adding to tension with Brussels over shipments. That was after the EU threatened to block exports to its former member state, prompting British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to suggest the bloc was engaging in brinkmanship and that “the world was watching.”